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Skills Development Manager
Museums Galleries Scotland
Full-time
Edinburgh
Hybrid
£ 38,876
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Application closing date:
Jul 15, 2025
About the organisation
- Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the National Development Body for Scotland’s museums and galleries. We support a sector of 449 museums and galleries, through strategic investment, workforce development, advice and advocacy. We are a forward facing and inclusive organisation, committed to the ongoing development of a positive culture for our team.
About the vacancy
- We are recruiting for a Skills Development Manager who encourages good practice and drives continuous improvement in skills development and promotes a culture of learning and development within the sector.
The Skills Development Manager is a key interface between MGS and the sector, building rich and valuable networks and delivering a wide range of skills development programmes and activities for the benefit of the sector. The Skills Development Manager develops and manages partnerships with key stakeholders across the heritage landscape that maximise the quality of our products and programme delivery.
A core focus of this role is the development , delivery and evaluation of all our workforce development programmes. This will involve coordinating and codesigning with the Museums and Galleries sector, existing partners and exploring new partnership opportunities.
The post holder is joining MGS as we launch an exciting new programme aimed at building sector resilience, exploring new delivery models and facilitating more entrepreneurial approaches. Part of the role will be developing skills development activity in relation to this programme in collaboration with colleagues from across MGS teams.
A skilled communicator who is self-motivated, shows initiative and builds strong and effective relationships, the Skills Development Manager continually seeks out opportunities and more agile ways of working to develop content and enhance the MGS skills offer.
Key Responsibilities
- • Act as an interface between MGS, the museums and galleries sector and key stakeholders on skills development
• Support the delivery of all accredited and non accredited learning opportunities across MGS’s service provision
• Work with the sector to deliver skills development priorities and embed a culture of learning and development
• Maintain an overview of the skills and knowledge needs for the museum sector and create, identify, develop and evaluate programmes and opportunities to meet these needs
• Manage the development, delivery and evaluation of a marketable schedule of training courses and programmes; and assist colleagues to deliver subject-specific workshops
• Contribute to research and development work carried out by sector-relevant organisations
Budget holder responsibilities – involved in both planning and management
• Support MGS to deliver the Workforce strand of the National Strategy
• Stakeholder relationship management
Key Competencies
- Essential
• Demonstrable experience of developing, delivering and managing a wide range of skills development programmes with defined learning outcomes, to a diverse range of learners
• Working knowledge of Scottish Government skills priorities and wider skills landscape
• Experience of composing bid applications and procurement documents
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills including good presentation, influencing and facilitation skills
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate
• Microsoft Office
Preferred
• Knowledge of the museums and galleries sector in Scotland
• Experience of evaluating training programmes and identifying areas for improvement
• Experience of working with vocational and accredited qualifications
• Confident speaking in public and hosting meetings online and in person
• Advocates for lifelong learning and professional development
• Experience of working with volunteers
Desired Qualifications
- No specific qualifications are required.
How to Apply
Please complete an application form, by downloading it from our website. Then submit your form via our online system Breathe HR (link below).
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